ArticlePloS one2022
Job satisfaction among healthcare workers in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- The impact of COVID-19 on nurses' job satisfaction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Reducing the Number of Quick Returns (< 11 h off Between Shifts) on Turnover Intention and Job Satisfaction: a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial Among Healthcare Workers.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Work-Related Stress, Moral Reward and Job Satisfaction Among Healthcare Professionals in the Postpandemic Era.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life and Frequency of Depressive Episodes Among Healthcare Professionals in an Outpatient Health Facility in Italy: A Comparison Between 2017 (Pre-COVID) and 2025 (Post-COVID).Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Perceptions of mental health services among informal caregivers in Sardinia, Italy, during the post-pandemic crisis of the national health system: a comparative study between 2024 and 2025.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- COVID-19 Pandemic and Healthcare Workers' Life and Job Satisfaction: The Role of Stress, Coping, and Self-Efficacy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Determinants of patients' satisfaction with health-care services: the role of patient demographics and individual factors.African health sciences · 2025Article
- Suicidality and/or Death-Related Thoughts in Health Workers After Pandemics: The Role of DYMERS.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Burnout in New Zealand resident doctors: a cross-sectional study of prevalence and risk factors.BMJ open · 2025Article
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- Impact of primary care system interventions on healthcare worker satisfaction and intention to stay in the Philippines: a follow-up study.BMJ open quality · 2024Article
- A study on the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and job stress and satisfaction among healthcare workers in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic.Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju · 2023Article
- Healthcare Professionals' Resilience During the COVID-19 and Organizational Factors That Improve Individual Resilience: A Mixed-Method Study.Health services insights · 2023Article
- Job Satisfaction of Health Practitioners Providing Outreach Health Services during COVID-19 in Rural New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Using a unique survey of more than 7,000 respondents conducted immediately after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, we investigate potential drivers of the job satisfaction of healthcare workers. Relying on a representative sample of Italian physicians and nurses, we show that, in addition to personal characteristics (e.g., age, gender, health status), contextual factors (i.e., working conditions) play the leading role in explaining variation in the level of satisfaction (58%). In particular, working in a high-quality facility increases worker satisfaction and willingness to remain in the profession, and in the current medical specialization, while working in a province with a perceived shortage of medical personnel yields the opposite result. Direct experience with COVID-19 (e.g., having tested positive) is not significantly correlated with the level of job satisfaction, which is instead significantly reduced by changes in the working conditions caused by the health emergency.
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